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Armistice results in Great War ceasefire

1918 — The Great War on the Western Front officially ends today at 11 a.m. following the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany at Rethondes, France — a ceasefire scheduled for the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

A week ago, Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Brtiain urged Canadian Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden to sail to Europe to take part in peace negotiations. So, Borden spends this Armistice Day on the Atlantic aboard the Mauretania. Nearly 67,000 Canadians died in the war and over 1,200 from Newfoundland.